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For Greece: "Nothing Is Gonna Be Alright"

During a week in which Americans are supposed to give thanks, we
thought this inside look at the reality on the streets of Greece was
worthwhile comprehending. From the May 2011 Syntagma Square uprising to "the
'firesale' of their country, their labor rights, and their livelihoods
to corrupt domestic elites and foreign financial interests" the
brief documentary follows the dramatic portrait of a country veering to
the brink of collapse - and the people who choose to struggle to build a
new world from the ruins of the old. "For [the elites] Greece is a
guinea pig, to find out up to what point they can 'milk' [us]" is how
one narrator describes the situation, adding that "they are refusing
to see the reality [saying] it's not happening, it's not happening,
it's not happening, everything is gonna be alright; Nothing is gonna be alright" as "loans enslave people." Utopia remains on the horizon...

The Greek people are suffering from two contradictory collective feelings: Fear and Rage.

Some disturbing images and deep introspection here...
English subtitles but mostly English spoken...